Steam Trading Cards

The Steam Trading Cards is a virtual cards earned by playing games on Steam. Sets of cards can be turned into game badges and tradable Steam community items. Play any of the participating Trading Cards Beta games to get trading cards. Up to half the card set is dropped through game play, the other half is earned through user collecting prowess. Once user collected a set of cards, he can craft them into a game badge. Like the current badges, they are tied to user account and are shown on profile. Unlike the current badges, crafting game badges earns marketable items like emoticons, profile backgrounds, and coupons. Level up user badge by collecting the set again and earning more items.

Get rewards for crafting badges

Game badges

All badges have XP which contributes to Steam Level, a summary of user badge collection. User can view someone’s Steam Level by hovering over their avatar. Leveling up earns user non-tradable items like profile showcases, extra friends list slots, and more. During badge crafting user receive random rewards from a set of game related items: Profile backgrounds, Emoticons, Coupons or DLC Coupons. They are tradable and can only be used while user possess them.

Choos what user want to show off. Based on Steam Level, user can customize profile with showcases. Show off to steam users: favorite games, items up for trade, workshop mods, Greenlight submissions, or maybe your favorite screenshots... Show off user badges, Steam Level, and gameplay with the new profile and mini profile. Choos a badge to display at the top of user profile and in the mini profile he see when you hover over your avatar. The profile gets a visual refresh and a more concentrated focus on what you play and how you participate on Steam. And with showcases, user decide what to feature. Gameplay, achievements, and content contributions all get rolled up into blocks in Recent game activity.

User friends can check out what he playing and how you’ve fared at a glance.